Shelled yellow corn is commonly stored in concrete or corrugated steel bins. Granular materials compact under their own weight, primarily due to particle rearrangement, leading to an increase in bulk density and a change ...

A total of three studies were conducted to evaluate the effects of different packaging systems and storage times on reduction of Listeria monocytogenes on ready-to-eat meat snacks. Study 1 was conducted to determine the ...

Several meat quality traits affect consumers’ overall purchase decisions and satisfaction with meat products, but color is the major factor affecting purchasing decisions. According to some researchers, tenderness is the ...

Following several outbreaks involving Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat meat
and poultry products, the United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and
Inspection Service required that processors of these ...

Following several outbreaks involving Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat meat
and poultry products, the United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and
Inspection Service required that processors of these ...

Larvae of the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Hübner), have the ability to invade or penetrate packaging materials and infest the food within. Energy bars with three polypropylene packaging types were challenged ...

A pairwise preferential interaction model (PPIM), based on Kirkwood-Buff integrals, is developed to quantify and characterize the interactions between some of the functional groups commonly observed in peptides. The existing ...